Years of service 1914–45 Rank Generalleutnant | Name Werner Schmidt-Hammer Service/branch German Army | |
Allegiance German Empire (to 1918)
Weimar Republic (to 1933)
Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Invasion of Poland
Battle of France
Operation Barbarossa
Battle of Kiev (1941)
First Battle of Kharkov
Second Battle of Kharkov
Case Blue
Battle of Kursk
Belgorod-Khar'kov Offensive Operation
Battle of Kiev (1943)
Hube's Pocket
Battle of the Dukla Pass
Upper Silesian Offensive
Prague Offensive Died January 4, 1962, Landau, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars World War I, Invasion of Poland, Battle of France Commands held 168e division d'infanterie, 72e corps d'armee | ||
Werner Schmidt-Hammer (26 September 1894 – 4 January 1962) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.
Schmidt-Hammer surrendered to the Red Army in the course of the Soviet Prague Offensive in May 1945. Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was held until October 1955.
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